How To Make Your Own Video Site

If you've been thinking about making your
own video site, you're not alone, my friend.

Many folks have asked me
how they can go about creating a site of their own to host their very own
videos.

In this article, I'll give you the instructions for doing so.
Read it and I guarantee you won't be so perplexed by the process anymore -
it's really simpler than it looks.

1. Capture Some Good Video

The first step to making your own video
site is to capture some good video. Video that is suitable for the Web
is different from conventional video. For example, you should shoot
video in short clips and make sure that you use compression to ensure
the video is small enough for upload and viewing on the Web. Check out
some good tips on shooting video for the web over here.

Learn to make your own video site

2. Select A Good Web Host

The second step for making your own video
site is to select a good web host. the importance of a good web host
cannot be overemphasized. I've seen some web hosts which are very
unstable, resulting in system crashes or outages. If you're looking for
some good sites to host your video, consider a
rock solid web host like this one which I use.

3. Convert The Video Into A Web Friendly Format

You know that video which you captured
off your camcorder into your computer? Well, to view it on the web, you
can't just upload a 100 MB video file into your web host. That's way too
large. What you need to do is to compress the video into a format
that's compact enough for upload and for streaming over the web, just
like those videos you see on YouTube.

Typically, the video files streaming over YouTube are Flash files, so
you got to convert your video (e.g. AVI) files into Flash (SWF) files.
Here's a good tool for doing this kind of conversion.

4. Upload Your Video

Once the video has been converted to a
web-friendly format, the next step in making your own video site is to
upload the video. If you're using a domain of your own, you'll need an FTP program
to upload the files onto the site. The procedure for doing this usually
requires you to specify the FTP user name and password into your web
site account.

Conclusion

And that's it! Some simple steps for
making your own video web site. If you've been meaning to create your
own video web site but was not sure how to do it, follow the above steps
to complete the task. Hosting the video on your own web site allows you
extremely flexibility as you're not bound by the rules or stringent
content or storage limits imposed by sites like YouTube or other video
sharing sites.

An
Easy-to-Use Video Editing Program

Pinnacle
Studio is a popular video editing
program that allows you to easily capture video from camcorders into your
computer. You can add great-looking transitions, special effects and background
music to your plain old home videos. Start converting your videos into Hollywood
productions now!